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Peg Plunkett

Leeson [née Plunkett], Margaret (1727–1797), courtesan and writer

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    Memoirs of Mrs. Margaret Leeson . Written by herself; and interspersed with several interesting and amusing anecdotes, of some of the most striking characters of Great-Britain and Ireland.

    Peg Plunkett | Date: 1795
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    The life of Mrs. Margaret Leeson alias peg plunket . Written by herself: in which are given anecdotes and sketches of the lives and bon mots of some of the most celebrated characters in Great-Britain and Ireland, particularly of all the filles des joys and men of pleasure and gallantry, who usually frequented her Citherean temple for these thirty years past. Three volumes complete in one.

    Peg Plunkett | Date: 1798

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